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Re:DevOps is a failure on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:28PM (#31898635)
Back in the late 90's I worked on a system that shipped on 4 different chip architectures, 4 different (unix-based) operating systems, dealt with different endianness and was more reliable and easier to understand. And it was more responsive to users with 1990's hardware than stuff is today. :shrug:
Re:IBM's Asshole Test on Thursday May 05, 2022 @06:28PM (#31279073)
Once again, WE WERE ON A BREAK!
Re:The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:39PM (#30388656)
Re:13 years sailing around the world on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:52PM (#30108171)
I watch Sailing Uma on Youtube. Young couple started with very little money and have over 6+ years built up quite a following and apparent income. They in one video addressed the idea that they have to put their entire life online to pay for their lifestyle with the statement that they put out <60 minutes/week, certainly much less than "their entire life" and they seem to spend much more time enjoying life than I do as a computer programmer.
Re:The case against masks at school on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:44PM (#30108068)
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-... I guess it depends on what you mean by vaccinated: 75.1% of total us population has had at least on dose (79.8% of eligible (>= 5 yr) Fully vaccinated drops to 63.6/67.6% And Boosted is at only 41% of the fully vaccinated, 86.5M.
My 2010 MBP 17" has a higher than 1080p resolution (1920x1200), and the "Early 2009" did too: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook...
Well, on the current Mac Pro, going from 32GB to 1.5TB is $25K, but you also have to upgrade to the higher spec CPU @ $6K.
Getting one via their refurbished store is an option, if you're lucky and they have what you want: https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/mac-mini
Re:Ask HN: What are some good methods to prove current time? on Sunday October 11, 2020 @06:35PM (#24749711)
You just mail the unsealed envelope, add the content later and you’ve forged the time.
Re:Apple Fitness+ on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:58PM (#24487693)
You're not paying attention. Apple discontinued the Time Capsule and Airport product lines in 2018: https://www.macworld.com/article/3269361/apple-discontinues-... And a media streamer box isn't a TV
Re:Quadsort: a stable non-recursive merge sort on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:22PM (#22330033)
In the 1990's, NeXT had a demo of their threading capabilities, and you could select a bunch of different sorts to run in parallel. Doesn't seem to be much still "live" on the net about it though: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22SortingInAction%22
Re:Time safety is more important than memory safety on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:07PM (#22329870)
That's what docker images are for :-)
Re:Xfinity Is Man-in-the-Middle Attacking My Internet on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:03PM (#21391391)
The also MITM DNS and cache negative responses. Comcast sucks.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1485447-REG/amd_100_1...

B&H Photo is a reputable site, and they are advertising the 3900X at $499. Now whether they will ship anytime soon...

Re:Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:42PM (#19349001)
Warmer water supports less oxygen and life, so less stuff to see through. Not sure if that's the case here, but waters in the tropics are much more clear, but support much less life vs a kelp forest off CA.
Re:2FA on the command line on Friday March 01, 2019 @05:13PM (#19285857)
I take the secret from the initial signup (2d-barcode/hex string) and encrypt it with my public keys (private keys are on 2 different Yubikeys) and then distribute them to 3 different computers. Overkill, especially given that encrypted local iPhone backups store the GoogleAuthenticator secrets, but it means I won't lose my 2FA secrets if I lose my phone.
Re:Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:56PM (#19090304)
The name 'NeXT Computer'? Blame Steve Jobs...
Re:Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit on Monday January 28, 2019 @09:55PM (#19023326)
As for parking in a field, I'd want it to drop me off closest to the entry and then head to wherever the site wanted it to park.
Re:Nobody Cares About OAuth or OpenID Connect on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:30PM (#18982529)
When I read about that, I lost my mind. People who give their banking creds to someone who isn't their bank are insane.
Re:Nobody Cares About OAuth or OpenID Connect on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:27PM (#18982506)
Interesting, someone I worked with at a previous job left there to go to Okta. He did our Django/python Auth stuff. His Linkedin says he's still at Okta.
Re:Fully Bideniable Interactive Encryption on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @12:08PM (#18980097)
I must read too much about politics, I took the title as a dig against former VP Biden, rather than "bi-deniable". :-)
Dropping in causes the Alexa to light up and play a tone, so not exactly stealthy.
Re:Would you still pick Elixir in 2019? on Sunday January 06, 2019 @03:57PM (#18840658)
Sees post recommends https://nerves-project.org for IoT Clicks thru Sees that Nerves is an excellent platform for IoT and only requires a base of 12MB and Linux. Quickly backs away.
Escalation would be Tesla owners placing caltrops under the tires of the trucks.
Re:I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:25PM (#18472797)
My thought for a solution to the food-tourist problem in cases like this is that if you've got ID that says you're local, great you're welcome. If not, well we've got 3-5 slots/day for those...
Re:A 100k Botnet Turns Home Routers to Email Spammers on Monday November 12, 2018 @05:11PM (#18436430)
Yeah, DNS rebinding attacks can allow malicious Javascript running inside the network attack the router from the LAN side.
Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:53PM (#18417919)
Sadly, my 2010 MBP 17" is not Mojave compatible :sob:
Re:2018 Mac Mini Review on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:20PM (#18396147)
Caps-Lock is a waste of a key. NeXT had it right by using Command-Shift (without any other keys) to turn on/off Caps-Lock.
Re:2018 Mac Mini Review on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:09PM (#18396083)
http://surveys.ap.org/data%5CGfK%5CAP-GfK%20Petside%20Like-D... "almost everyone like cats!" Would definitely be false :-)
Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:46PM (#18359518)
I've had my 6s since Sept 2015. It reports battery capacity as 86% of new, and still not throttled. I'll probably get the $29 battery replacement before the end of the year, just in case and keep the phone at least another year, if not 2. Previous phone was a 4s, bought Oct 2011. So, I guess I'm saying, "me. I keep my phone that long, or nearly so."

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